Definition of innkeepernext
as in taverner
the owner or manager of an inn the innkeeper was a very genial, accommodating host

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Recent Examples of innkeeper The innkeeper is also reckoning with his involvement in a murder during WWII, and how it is reflected in a manuscript about someone betrayed by Enomoto. Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026 Finally, the innkeepers open the doors of the home to let the pilgrims in. Paula Soria, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025 Stay At The Inn At Bald Head Island Let owners and innkeepers Gail and Dann Jackson spoil you with hospitality at this charming bed and breakfast located in Harbor Village. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025 The celebratory July 4 meal would certainly have kept the innkeeper, Daniel Smith, busy replenishing the finest bottles of Madeira from behind the locked bar—perhaps overhearing snippets of chatter among the delegates. Victoria Flexner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for innkeeper
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landlord
Noun
  • High supply and weakening renter demand have apartment landlords living in an ever-more competitive space.
    Diana Olick, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
  • According to Sunkara, the club owners stopped paying rent in fall 2024, leading to a lawsuit and a judge’s ruling in December 2025 that the club be evicted and the property returned to the owner/landlord.
    Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026

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“Innkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innkeeper. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.

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